BattleBots (season 1)

BattlesBots (season 1)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 15
Release
Original network Comedy Central
Original release August 23 (2000-08-23) – November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)
Season chronology

Season 1 of the American competitive television series BattleBots premiered on Comedy Central on August 23, 2000. Season 1 of BattleBots was hosted by Bil Dwyer and Sean Salisbury. Legendary boxing ring announcer and radio host Mark Beiro acted as the BattleBots arena announcer. Donna D'Errico, along with twins Randy and Jason Sklar were the arena-side correspondents.[1]

The pilot, known as episode one was originally aired as a Pay-per-view event before being pitched to network executives.

Classifications

Robots in season 1 competed in four separate weight classes:

Lightweight

Qualifying

Only one match in the lightweight category was aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with eight teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Unaired 1 Afterthought Black Widow KO N/A
2 The Missing Link Chiabot KO 2:20
3 Das Bot Rott-Bott 2000 KO 1:02
4 Sallad The Aggressive Polygon Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00
5 Alpha Raptor Cereal Box Killer KO N/A
6 Pestilence Thorn KO 2:35
7 Shaft Gremlin ll KO 2:20
1 8 Backlash Disposable Hero KO 0:50
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
The Crusher, Endotherm, Ziggo, Shrike, Tentomushi, Dr. Inferno Jr., No Tolerance ll, and Mouser Mecha-Catbot

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Round of 16
Unaired 1 Endotherm Afterthought Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00
2 Das Bot Shrike Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00
3 Alpha Raptor Dr. Inferno Jr. Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00
4 No Tolerance II Pestilence KO 2:40
1 5 Tentoumushi Sallad Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00
2 6 Ziggo The Missing Link KO 1:18
4 7 Mouser
Mecha-Catbot		 Shaft Judges' Decision (6–3) 3:00
5 8 Backlash The Crusher KO 1:43
Quarterfinals
Unaired 1 Backlash Endotherm Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00
2 Das Bot Ziggo KO 1:17
3 Mouser
Mecha-Catbot		 No Tolerance II Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00
7 4 Alpha Raptor Tentoumushi Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00
Semifinals
9 1 Alpha Raptor Mouser
Mecha-Catbot		 Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00
2 Backlash Das Bot KO 0:57
Finals
1 Backlash Alpha Raptor KO 1:24
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the lightweight classification.

Middleweight

Qualifying

Two matches in the middleweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with four teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Unaired 1 Hazard Pegleg KO 0:31
2 Alien Gladiator The Emasculator FF N/A
4 3 Pressure Drop Subject to Change Without Reason KO 1:21
5 4 Blade Runner Bad Attitude KO 1:24
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Turtle Road Kill, Spin Orbiting Force, Deadblow, and Ankle Biter

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Quarterfinals
8 1 Deadblow Alien Gladiator KO 1:08
2 Pressure Drop Ankle Biter KO 2:20
10 3 Hazard Turtle Road Kill Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00
4 Spin Orbiting Force Blade Runner Judges' Decision (5–4) 3:00
Semifinals
12 1 Deadblow Pressure Drop Judges' Decision (9–0) 3:00
13 2 Hazard Spin Orbiting Force Judges' Decision (7–2) 3:00
Finals
14 1 Hazard Deadblow KO 0:53
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.

Heavyweight

Qualifying

The winner of each battle moved on to the Round of 16 along with twelve teams that were automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Unaired 1 Vlad the Impaler GoldDigger FF N/A
2 Punjar Mr. Bonestripper FF N/A
3 4 KillerHurtz Knome II KO 1:03
6 3 BioHazard Mjollnir Judges' Decision
(9-0)		 3:00
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Round of 16 without battle
Tazbot, frenZy, OverKill, Kill-O-Amp, Suicidal Tendencies, Gammatron, Blendo, Voltarc, Bender, Monster, Nightmare, and Mauler

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Round of 16
Unaired 1 Punjar Kill-O-Amp Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00
2 Gammatron Suicidal Tendencies Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00
3 BioHazard Blendo KO N/A
4 KillerHurtz Monster KO N/A
2 5 OverKill frenZy Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00
6 Mauler Nightmare KO 0:40
3 7 Voltarc Bender Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
4 8 Vlad the Impaler Tazbot Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
Quarterfinals
7 1 Voltarc BioHazard Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
11 2 Vlad the Impaler OverKill Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00
3 Punjar Gammatron Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00
4 KillerHurtz Mauler KO N/A
Semifinals
12 1 Vlad the Impaler Punjar Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00
13 2 Voltarc KillerHurtz Judges' Decision (8–1) 3:00
Finals
14 1 Vlad the Impaler Voltarc KO 1:42
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the heavyweight classification.

Superheavyweight

Qualifying

Three matches in the Super Heavyweight category were aired during the qualifying round. The winner of each battle moved on to the Quarterfinals along with one team that was automatically qualified.

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Unaired 1 Mechadon Prompt Critical KO 1:55
2 Rammstein Abbatoir KO N/A
3 Ginsu World Peace FF N/A
4 Ronin Odin Judges' Decision (6-3) 3:00
3 5 Minion Gray Matter Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00
5 6 Grendel Diesector KO 1:38
6 7 DooAll S.L.A.M. KO 2:51
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
Advance to the Quarterfinals without battle
Super Rhino

Tournament

Episode Battle Winner Loser Method Time
Quarterfinals
Unaired 1 DooAll Super Rhino Judges' Decision (5-4) 3:00
7 2 Rammstein Mechadon Judges' Decision (8-1) 3:00
8 3 Minion Grendel Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00
10 4 Ronin Ginsu Judges' Decision (7-2) 3:00
Semifinals
12 1 Minion Rammstein KO N/A
13 2 DooAll Ronin KO 1:46
Finals
14 1 Minion DooAll Judges' Decision (9-0) 3:00
     The robot was the winner the battle.
     The robot was the loser of the battle and was eliminated.
     The robot became the winner of "BattleBots" for the middleweight classification.

Episodes

No. in
season		 Title Original air date
1"Backlash vs. Disposable Hero; Tentoumushi vs. Sallad"August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)
2"Ziggo vs. The Missing Link; Mauler vs. Nightmare; OverKill vs. frenZy"August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)
3"Voltarc vs. Bender; KillerHurtz vs. Knome II; Minion vs. Gray Matter"September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)
4"Pressure Drop vs. Subject to Change Without Reason; Mouser Mecha-Catbot vs. Shaft; Vlad the Impaler vs. Tazbot"September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)
5"Backlash vs. The Crusher; Blade Runner vs. Bad Attitude; Grendel vs. Diesector"September 20, 2000 (2000-09-20)
6"DooAll vs. S.L.A.M.; BioHazard vs. Mjollnir; Lightweight Rumble"September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)
7"Voltarc vs. BioHazard; Rammstein vs. Mechadon; Alpha Raptor vs. Tentoumushi"October 4, 2000 (2000-10-04)
8"Deadblow vs. Alien Gladiator; Pressure Drop vs. Ankle Biter; Minion vs. Grendel"October 11, 2000 (2000-10-11)
9"Alpha Raptor vs. Mouser Mecha Catbot; Backlash vs. Das Bot; Backlash vs. Alpha Raptor"October 18, 2000 (2000-10-18)
10"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Blade Runner; Hazard vs. Turtle Road Kill; Ronin vs. Ginsu"October 25, 2000 (2000-10-25)
11"Vlad the Impaler vs. Overkill; Punjar vs. Gammatron; Killerhurtz vs. Mauler"November 1, 2000 (2000-11-01)
12"Vlad the Impaler vs. Punjar; Deadblow vs. Pressure Drop; Minion vs. Rammstein"November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)
13"Spin Orbiting Force vs. Hazard; Killerhurtz vs. Voltarc; Ronin vs. DooAll"November 15, 2000 (2000-11-15)
14"All Finals: Hazard vs. Deadblow; Vlad the Impaler vs. Voltarc; Minion vs. DooAll"November 22, 2000 (2000-11-22)
15"Remaining rumbles"November 29, 2000 (2000-11-29)

References

  1. ↑ "Battlecasters". ComedyCentral.com. June 24, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2002. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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